Huernia zebrina (a.k.a. Owl eyes) is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias. It has a raised, glossy, wine-red ring or 'annulus' around the mouth of the corolla tube. The corolla is patterned with wine-red zebra stripes.
Huernia insigniflora has flowers that opens one at a time in succession in summer and autumn. Flowers have liver-coloured or purple annulus, and ivory to pink lobes unmark. Stems greyish-green with smaller teeth.
Huernia hystrix subs. parvula is a distinctive subspecies with much shorter stems rarely more than 3 cm long, and smaller flowers. The flowers are cup-shaped with spiny petals, dull yellow in colour and banded with red.
Huernia saudi-arabica has bell-shaped flowers up to 40 mm wide, deep purplish-red inside with raised whitish-yellow papillae. Distribution: Asir, Sorth West of Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Huernia zebrina variegata is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias. The stems are green and yellow. The corolla is patterned with wine-red zebra stripes. Very sought after by impassioned this variety is a must in stapelias collections
Huernia concinna has pale sulphur-yellow flowers marked all over with small dark brownish-crimson spots. It is a rare species known for a long time only from the type collection; It has not been found again despite considerable collecting activity.
Huernia zebrina, detta “occhi di gufo”, è una succulenta strisciante e compatta. Tra le più ornamentali del genere, è molto diffusa in coltivazione grazie ai suoi fiori bizzarri e affascinanti.
Pianta a crescita compatta, con fusti verdi e margini dentellati. I piccoli fiori, numerosi a forma di coppa, sono gialli con macchie o fasce marroni e compaiono alla base dei fusti, creando un contrasto ornamentale molto gradevole.
Huernia hisHuernia hislopii subs. robusta is similar to standard Huernia hislopii, but the stems are more robust and the flower is larger (up to 5 cm in diameter!). The corolla is white with dark red spots, at the base without concentric lines. Beautiful.
Nice hybrid between Huernia saudi-arabica and Huernia zebrina with large flowers. The corolla is decorated with burgundy and cream yellow zebra-stripes.
